Keenen Ivory Wayans

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 8, 1958 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Documentary Action
Career Span
1983 – 2020

Keenen Ivory Wayans

19 nominations
20 credits

Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, director and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first became the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed, and written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote in 1987. His films have included him and one or more siblings in the cast.

One of these films, Scary Movie (2000), which Wayans directed, was the highest-grossing movie directed by an African American until it was surpassed by Tim Story's Fantastic Four in 2005. From 1997 to 1998, he hosted the talk show The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. In 2014, he was a judge for the eighth season of Last Comic Standing.

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Personal Info

Born
Jun 8, 1958
From
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1983 – 2020

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Scary Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Dance Flick
The Glimmer Man
Star 80
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Most Wanted
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Dying Laughing
Hollywood Shuffle

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